Weighing attachment fob wagons



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(No Model.)

z. T. GRAGG. WBGHING TTAGHMBNT FOR WAoNs Patented Dec. 3l, 1889.

wlvSSS ...m-NG ATTAUHMBNT POR WAGONS 110.418,31?. Patented 1160.31, 1889.

Texas, have invented a new and useful.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

zAonnr TAYLOR annee, or oLnnnnNnTnXl-ts, nssienon or oNE-i-TALF To n. J. nnen, or sans rLAcn -WE|GHING ATTACHMENT FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 418,317, dated December 3l, 1889. Application filed August 19, 1889- Sorial No. 321,290. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom zit may conce-ra:

Be it known that I, ZACHRYTAYLOR Guirec,

a citizen. of the United States, residing at Gleburne, in the county ot Johnson and 'State of;

Weighing Attachment for Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

'lhis invention relates to an improved weighing?r attachment for wagons by means o which the wagon body with its contents may be weighed without reniovingit from the holsters; and it has for its object to provide a device which shall be simple in construction, accurate, and easily operated.

Wit-h these ends in view the invention consists in the construction, arrangement,and combination of parts, which will he hereinafter iu lly described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. l v

` 1n the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a side elevation ot a wagolvbody and bolsters to which iny invention has been applied.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the opposite side of. the saine. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 8 3 in hig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View.y Fig. 5 is a top view. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing,r the weighing apparatus detached. Fig. 7 is a side view showingthe weighing,` apparatus folded and ont'of :operation Fig. S is a detail sectional View on line 8 8 of Fig. 5.

Likenumerals of. reference indicate like parts in all the igures. y

i designatesa wagon-hotly, and 2 2 the bolsters, which are of ordinary construction. Upon the` ends of the holsters are mounted the boxes 3 3, which form sockets to receive the eccentric or cam -shaped headsa of the scale-beams 5. The boxes-or sockets 3 3, which are four in number, are placed at each end of cach of the holsters, and the said sockots are composed of the bottoni plates 6, having vertical walls or side pieces 7 7. The sides or walls? are provided with slots 8, the object. ot which will he presently more fully described. i

Ot' the eccentric or cani-shaped heads fi iour are in practice employed, said heads be ing' mounted in the sockets 3 3, as shown in the drawings. rlhe said heads are connected -in pairs by means of the transverse rods or shafts 9, which extend. acrossA the holsters. The latter are provided with raised ribs 10, 'which serve to support the wagowhody, and

which afford rooin for the transverse shaft 9, 5 5

the position of which is parallel to the said ribs.

'The cani-shalired heads llare provided with knife-edged pivots 1l, the bearings tor which are formed by the upper edges of the walls7 6o of the boxes or sockets 3. The outer ends of the said walls have notches 12, in which the said pivots' may rest when the weighing'capparatus is not in use.

The scale-hearns 5 are attached to or formed 65 integrally with the can1-shaped .heads 4 on oneside of thewagon-hody to which the invention is applied. .'lhe. said scale-beams are each com posed of two sections 13 and 11i, which are hinged together, the inner ends or sec- 7o tions 13 beingr provided with longitudinal grooves or recesses l5, to receive the'outer seetionshi when the latter' are folded. By this construction of the scale-beams they will occupy but little rooni, and will he less exposed to injury than if rigid scale-bcanis'ol: great-er length were employed.

To one side ofthe wagon-hed y l is secured a spring-scale of, suitable construction, com- Jrisinf" a verticall rsliding rack-bar 16 en- So l c t. 1

gaging a pinion 1'7, mounted upon a shaft- 18, one end ot which carries a pointer 19, adapted to indicate upon adial 2O the power required to rotate the shaft 18 against the tension cfa spring 2l, the whole ot' the operating mech- S5 anism being arranged within a suitable casing. The lower end of the rack-barl is pro vided with laterally-entending lugs or studs 22, upon which are mounted links 215, adapted to connect the said rack-bar with the outer 9o ends 14 of the scale-beanieI 5, which are provided with notches or recesses 2st, forming seats for the said links. Secured to the sides of the wagon-body are brackets 25, the under sides of which are provided with. notches 26, 9 5

(see Fig. 4,)` forming hearings for the knife-` edged pivots 27, which are formed upon the upper .rear sides of the eccentric or canishaped head et.

When my `improved weighing apparatus is roo not in use, the'eccentric or cam-shaped heads rest inltheirrespective sockets, 'the transf verse `shafts 9 rest upon the holsters alongside the ribs 10, which support the wagonbody, the pivots 1l rest in the notches or recesses l2, and the levers or scale-beams 5, the section, of which are folded together, extend in an upward direction, so as to be out of the way. When itis desired to weigh the wagonbody and its contents, the levers or scalebeams are brought'down to a horizontal po- -sition, thus causing the eccentric or ca1nshal'jied heads 4t to bear against the bottoms of their respective sockets,'and thus' raising' or elevating the wagon-body upon the trans# verse shafts 9. By continuing' the downward movement of the levers or scale-beams the pivots: All `are l1nadeVto-engagc `the inner, endsot theywal'ls of -the'fsockets4 and the knife-edges. 27-`at .the vrear ends of; the. calnf heads "w'ill'.' en 'gage the recesses lor =notches 26. iin the brackets 25,thussupportingthe entirewagon-hody upon' the short ends ot' the scalehcalns, \vh.ich-latter.are pivotedatll uponfthcwlls 7 Aof the'sockets. AJlhe--scale-- "beams or levers-arel now=1Uitolded,'-and. :their outer. 'endsfa-re connected hy'thelinks 23u-"idr the verticallyslidinp; i'acli-harot- 'the springscale, `the daloti which .latter may readily/bo scaled ff, so' as to indicate the exact'weight oftheywzgon-bodyand .itslconten-ts. "lhe weight otithe' \`Wagoii-h )dy bcingknown, the Weight of the-loadmay he easily-computed. My fi m proved weighing"'attachment'. is, as

` tvfill be seen, exceedinglysimplein construe-g -ti'om and itmay-beapplied. to ordinary farm@ wagonsandr-similar vehicles at. ainoderate expense, By-inalcingsueh changes and modi cations in" the constructionfas willl read-ily suggest" th emsclvest-o .anyl skilled-mechanic the in'ven tion may also be appliedto rail road,

. land. eccentric .heads adapted tote-mounted cars-andto other useful purposes. I .l

Having thus dcscribed'my inven tion ,what l claiin,andfdesire to' secure by'Lette-rs Patent, is 1.1 litia- Weighiug attachment for vehicles, the combination of sockets mounted upon the `en'ds- 'ofthe holsters andhavingy vertical side Walls, ecc'en trie or -A cam A shaped heads *are ranged in the said'soclccts,l the rods or shafts -counectingsaid cam-shaped heads in; pairs,

pivots yV extending' laterally from the camshapedheads andadapted to bear upon the upperl edges of the Walls of the sockets,and scale-beams or levers connected with and extending from thesaid eccentric or camfshap'cd lheads,-substanti ally as set =forth. `:2f-The combination ot fthe sockets having vertical 'iside walls, the eccentric-"or carn shapedilheads arranged in the said sockets, rods orshafts connecting said cam-shaped heads in pairs-the pivots extending laterally from said camfshaped heads, 'the recessesin thevupper edges of the sidewalls ot the-sockets at theouter ends of the latter to receive the-said pivots when the device is not in operation, and the sca-lebeams or levers connected with and extending,l from the eccentric-or cam-shaped heads, 'substantially as set forth.

3.A In a Weighing attachment for vehicles, the combination of the sockets mounted upon the ends ot the holsters, the eccentric heads arranged iii-said sockets, rods or shafts con- 'necting said cam-shaped heads in pairs, and having laterally-extending pivots and kuiteedged bearings at their upper rear corners, the brackets secured to the wagon-bod y and having` notches 0r recesses 4to receive said knife-edge hearings, and the scale-beains connect'ed'ivithalid'exten di ng from the eccentric heads on one side ofthe wagon-body, su bstantially as set forth.

4. In a Weighing :attachment for= vehicles,

Athe combinationfof, the fsoclgets fniouu-ted upon' the cnds o f thciholsters, the eccentric headsf-a-rrangcdi -inwsaid sockets, sha 'l shentending transversely under 'tl 1e .wagonlhody and-connecting lthe 'vsaid-i cam-shaped-heads in pairs, the supporting ribs. oifiiang'esupon tl1e111;ipe1xsi lesof the holsters, the =p ivo ts' extending laterally trem .thel eccentric--lieads mnd-.adapted to `beat-"upon the uppercdgesof --tl1e sidewalls-ot Athe sockets," and Asc'aleI-heams or levers.- connected witlr and.` exten di n g'. tro in -sad 'ec'ccntrieh eads oir oneside' ot 42th e wagonbody, substantial-lyasiset forth.

5. flhe combination of vthe'socketsnno unted -u-pon the ends-of the holsters-,the scalo-beams ffan'd eeceut-ri c die-adsiadapted to be mounted Apivotally-upon the upper" edges of -the l side vwalls of said sockets, and brackets attached to the Wagon-body and .adapted -to'be"-si n ported pivotallyupon -thcshm-tl ends'ot'i the scale-beams l and lrecee'n trie heads, substantially-as set forth.

' 6. The-combination of the-sockets mounted upon the en ds=otthe.bolsters, the scale-beams pivotally upon the upper Aedges-of theffside ICO IIO

:walls ot=-said..soekets, the-.shafts aranged l parallel to the holsters'. and connectingthe leccentric' heads in pairs,'thewagonbody havingbracketsadapted' to be supported"pivot- :allyalpon =the short ends ol the-'scale-beams and eccentric heads, and a-spring-scaleat- -tached to one side ot the u'agon-hodyfaml adapted toibo connected 4with the long ends lor arms ot the scale-beams, substantiallyas setfoi'th.

7. lThe combination of the socket-sg-the ec- -eent-richeads, and the scale=beams connected 'with and extending from the latter and composed each-of two sections hinged together, substantially as set forth.

8.1'lhe combination of the sockets, the eceen trie-heads, an d the-scalo-beams con n 'ceted `witlrand extending from the latterand lconlposed cach of an inner section having-a lon- :gitudinal `:groove or recess, and an outer-section hingedto the .said inner-section and adapted to he foldedinto the said. groove or recess, snbstantiallyas set forth.

9. The combination ot the sockets mounted -IZO upon the holsters, the eecentiic heads, the shafts arranged parallel to the holsters and connecting' said eccentric headsin pairs, the Wagon-body having brackets provided with notches or recesses adapted to engage knifeedged bearings at the corners of. said eccentric heads, the scale-beams 'connected with and extending from the latter on one side of the wagowbody, a spring-scale secured to one roside of the'wagon-body and having a vertically-sliding rack-har, and links athipied to connect the said rack-bar lliemchably-With the scale-beams, snhstantiaiiy as set forth.

In testimony that I cial n1 the foregoing" as myown I have hereto aiiixeti my signature 'in presence ot two witnesses.

ZAGHRY TAYLOR GRAGG. Witnesses:

.TNO` D. MITGIIELL, S. D. MOBLEY. 

